The day after returning from Tailing, Ding Si was infected with the wind cold, he only felt dizzy and dizzy, his body was weak, but he was sleepy, and his eyes couldn't be opened, in his dream, Ding Si saw many acquaintances, Bai Yi, Red Clothes, Zhu Youji, Ji Wanshui, Zuo Gongquan, Lin Zhengdao, they all asked the same question to Ding Si: Ding Si, what else can you do if you don't catch fast? This question made Ding Si extremely distressed, he opened his mouth and couldn't say a word. Suddenly, that day's golden basin washing hands seemed to have never happened, and he was ordered to arrest a murderer, he held his head high, refreshed to the good point, and was about to take the brothers to take down the murderer, but he didn't expect that many people flashed out in the blink of an eye, and the group surrounded them in the middle, he was in a hurry, commanding the brothers to fight with each other, but he didn't expect that his hands and feet were not flexible, so that the two young catchers were still protecting him, and suddenly one of the catchers was not on guard and had not stabbed a sword, Ding Si saw that the bright red blood seeped out from the body of the catcher, He was furious and struggled to catch it, but his arm was sore, and the old wound he had suffered back then. Just when there was nothing to do, suddenly a voice came to my ears: "My lord, my lord." ”

Ding Si opened his eyes in his sleep, but saw Hu Runze standing in front of him, he touched his forehead, which was covered with sweat, and suddenly thought of the dream he had, and his expression was a little gloomy.

Hu Runze was in his thirties at this time, #, he looked far more capable and calm than back then, he hurriedly helped Ding Si up, and said lightly: "My lord, you just retired a few days ago, why did you immediately have a typhoid fever?" ”

Ding Si didn't speak, the curtain was lifted, Guan Biyue walked in from outside, she is now less than fifty grades, her temples also have silver threads, and there are wrinkles between her eyebrows and eyes, but her temperament is still Dada, she obviously heard Hu Runze's question, and couldn't help but say angrily: "He, I don't know where to drink that night when it snowed hard, and I was already drunk when I returned home, but fortunately I still know the way home, otherwise I would have fallen drunk in this snow, and I wouldn't have lost my life." As a result, I had a fever that night, and this disease was so many days. ”

Ding Si listened to her nagging, closed his eyes helplessly, and heard Guan Biyue say to Hu Runze again: "Runze, I know he is not happy, you came just in time, help me enlighten him, and by the way, watch him let him drink this bowl of medicine." After saying that, he lifted the curtain and walked out.

Ding Si opened his eyes and saw Hu Runze holding a bowl of medicine in his hand, and the heat was waking up. Hu Runze eagerly took a spoon and scooped the medicine and fed it to Ding Si, Ding Si smiled bitterly and said to Hu Runze: "I'm really old, I can't even withstand this bit of wind and snow." After finishing speaking, he took the medicine from Hu Runze's hand, and drank it in a big gulp as soon as he raised the bowl, the temperature of this medicine was just right, not hot or cold, it was suitable for drinking, it can be seen that Guan Biyue was very attentive.

After Ding Si drank the medicine, he felt that he was short of breath again, so he hurriedly leaned on the head of the bed, sighed and said, "It's really old, it's useless." ”

Seeing his gloomy expression, Hu Runze hurriedly smiled and said: "Although this typhoid fever is not serious, it is fierce when it comes, not to mention adults, I sometimes can't withstand it." ”

Ding Si shook his head and said, "Alas, my own body knows by itself, and I feel more and more powerless over the years. ”

Hu Runze hurriedly comforted him and said: "The adult's body is very tough, and he looks very energetic on weekdays, but he doesn't look like a fifty-year-old person from a distance. ”

Ding Si's expression was a little dazed, and he muttered: "No, even if I am fifty-one years old, this time flies a little faster." ”

After he finished saying this, he closed his eyes and recuperated for a while, and just when Hu Runze thought he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly saw Ding Si open his eyes, look directly at himself and say, "Runze, do you know why I have to retreat?" ”

Hu Runze hurriedly comforted him and said: "My lord has been busy for so many years, you should also take a break and rest, now that Dewen and Dewu have grown up, we will take care of the rest of the matter." He Zhengse said: "My lord, don't worry, you have been in the rain for most of your life, and you have been born and died countless times, and now it is time to accompany your sister-in-law." ”

Ding Si shook his hand to stop his comfort, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I don't want to retire in my heart, if I can do it, I really want to be a fast catcher for the rest of my life." When he said this, he coughed in a low voice, and only when he settled down did he say in disappointment: "But this body gradually does not obey the call, every time I arrest the criminal, I also hurt the hearts of the brothers to ****, every time I pull everyone's hind legs, I feel very embarrassed, Abi has been persuading me, so I simply have the heart of retreat, but this retreat, I feel empty in my heart, I have been busy for so many years, I really don't know what else I can do except catch fast?" ”

Hu Runze saw that his eyes were full of confusion, and he was no longer as calm as when he saw him before, so he comforted him and said: "If the adults feel bored, I will come to the adults when I have time in the future, and the adults should not think that I come too often." ”

Ding Si shook his head with a smile and said, "How can I not know the things in the yamen, how can I have time to be free." He looked at Hu Runze again and said, "Don't be afraid that I feel uncomfortable, I just suddenly don't do fast fishing, I can't adapt to it at once, and I will get used to it in a few days." When he said this, he suddenly remembered something in his heart, and said to Hu Runze: "Runze, did Chen Sihai, the mastermind of the robbery of the Wei family shop in Hutong in April a month ago, catch it?" ”

Hu Runze's eyes lit up, and his voice couldn't help but rise: "I want to tell the adults this good news, on the night of the snow on the fifth day of the new year, we were ambushed in the Zuiyue Tower, and the murderer Chen Sihai thought that we would not go out in bad weather, so he took a few of his subordinates to find a good person to drink flower wine, but we were arrested." ”

Ding Si was overjoyed when he heard this, his spirit improved a lot, and he patted the head of the bed and said: "Okay, this Chen Sihai has finally been caught, if he is allowed to get away with it again, I don't know how many people will be harmed." Moist, good, well done. ”

Ding Si asked Hu Runze a lot of questions, all of which were related to the duty of the yamen to catch the criminals, he couldn't catch the criminals himself, and now listening to Hu Runze relay the situation in the yamen, he only felt joy and regret in his heart, happy that the yamen was still in order, and the brothers were still so capable, but it was a pity that he couldn't go into battle in person, which was really unspeakably uncomfortable. Thinking about it again, I am indeed old, even if I don't come forward anymore, everything is still going down in an orderly manner, and when I think about it, I feel a little sad in my heart.

Hu Runze looked at the expression on his face and knew that he was in a very complicated mood, so he carefully comforted him, Ding Si's heart rose and fell, and finally calmed down, thought about it, and asked Hu Runze again: "Runze, Ding Dewu still makes you worry about it in the yamen, right?" "It turned out that when the two brothers Dewen and Dewu grew up, they were really people like their names, Dewen was quiet, and he usually liked to read, so the family sent him to school, Ding Dewen was also diligent and intelligent, at the age of 22, he won the sixteenth place in the second class, and was given a jinshi, and is now serving as a Jishi in the Hanlin Academy, and Ding Dewu likes to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child, and he is not noisy to enter the Tianfu to catch fast, Ding Si complied with his wishes and arranged for him to catch fast, but although he is very heroic, but he has a good temperament on weekdays, Ding Si has always hated him for not being stable enough, and often criticizes and accuses him with a cold face, Now that he has retreated, he is very relieved that he can't get rid of Ding Dewu.

Hearing Ding Si's question, Hu Runze hurriedly smiled and said: "My lord, you love and hate, I see that Dewu people are also clever and work hard, although their temperament is a little active, but if they are sharpened for a few more years, they are still a good seedling." ”

Ding Si sighed and said: "Dewu, this kid is not like me, not like Abi, his temperament is also a little rebellious, and the concept of right and wrong is a little unclear, I used to detain him tightly, but now I have retreated, you help me pay more attention, and you must tell me in time if you have something." ”

Hu Runze immediately responded with a smile.

At this time, the snow outside the house gradually melted under the bright sun, and the red makeup was wrapped, which looked extremely enchanting.